Country Profiles: Uzbekistan

Republic of Uzbekistan -- Uzbekiston Respublikasi

Government-Sponsored Resources and Diplomatic Information

• Uzbekistan Country Page Library of Congress
• Statistics on Uzbekistan: CIA World Factbook
• U.S. Embassy in Tashkent
• Embassy of Uzbekistan in Washington, D.C.
• The Government of Uzbekistan official site

International Organizations and Development Programs

• World Bank: Europe and Central Asia regional page
• USAID Uzbekistan Country Page Information about Uzbekistan and USAID programs
• Uzbekistan and the IMF The IMF's Uzbekistan Country Page with links to articles
• Soros National Foundations
• The Eurasia Foundation in Central Asia

Internet Resources: General

• Slavic and East European Library at the University of Illinois; includes a guide to internet resources and access to their excellent Slavic Reference Service
• Reenic Excellent collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Newly Independent States
• Reesweb The best collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe and Russia
• Uzbekistan Page of the Interactive Central Asia Resource Project (ICARP)
• Uzbekistan Page of the Harriman Institute at Columbia University
• Turkic Republics and Communities Various sites on history, culture, travel
• Central Asian Studies World Wide sponsored by the Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies
• Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center at Indiana University
• Slavic-Eurasian Studies Web Directory sponsored by the Hokkaido University Slavic Research Center, Japan
• Travel Information Travel to Uzbekistan with the Lonely Planet

Online News Sites and Servers

• BBC News Uzbekistan
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Uzbek Service
• Web Radio International Hear broadcasts from countries all over the world
• Muslim Uzbekistan
• UzReport.com
• IRIN Uzbekistan

Blogs Uzbekistan

• Registan
• New Eurasia Uzbekistan
• T-Moor's Ramblings

Uzbek Language Study

• Turkic Languages offered through the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
• The UCLA Language Materials Project learning resources for less commonly taught languages of the world
• Less Commonly Taught Languages Search here for institutions that teach Uzbek
• Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages at Indiana University
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.
• Uzbek Language Glossary - a glossary of common Uzbek vocabluary with some basic grammatical explanations.

Academic and Fellowship Information

• U.C. Berkeley Program in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies Journals and information on Central Asia
• International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Provides funding for study in many scholarly program in Central and Eastern Europe
• American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships and grants for East European Studies
• Social Science Research Council Fellowship and program information for Soviet Successor States
• ACTR/ACCELS For fellowships and exchange programs in Central and East Europe, Russia and NIS
• Library Servers via WWW Libraries from over 90 countries, updated daily. Sponsored by UC Berkeley library and Sun Microsystems

The Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia (it is surrounded only by landlocked countries and, along with Liechtenstein, is one of only two such countries in the world). It shares borders with Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.